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Chapter 3: Recording Sequences

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repeat and is described further in the “Timing Correct” section, later in

this chapter. If at any time you want to erase what you’ve recorded

and start over, go back to step 3.

5. If you accidentally played one or two wrong notes, you can erase them

without affecting any other notes by following these steps:

A) While still in Overdub mode, hold down the ERASE key.

B) Just before the wrong notes are about to play, hold that

drum’s pad down, then quickly release it as soon as the

wrong notes have passed.

C) Release the ERASE key. The wrong notes have now been

permanently erased from the sequence.

6. Press STOP.

Next, overdub the percussion part on track 2:

1. With the Play/Record screen showing, move the cursor to the Trk field

and select 2.

2. Set the Type field to DRUM.

3. Enter Record mode again by holding RECORD and pressing PLAY

START. You will hear the drum part you just recorded on track 1.

Don’t worry about erasing it: since track 2 is now the active track, all

recording and erasing occurs only on track 2.

4. Record the percussion part by playing pads assigned to percussion

instruments. (Try Pad Bank B.) Keep adding drums until your

percussion part is complete.

5. If any mistakes were made, use either of the two erase methods

described above.

Next, overdub the bass part on track 3:

1. With the Play/Record screen showing, move the cursor to the Trk field

and select 3 to make track 3 active.

2. Set the Type field to MIDI, indicating that this track will not play the

internal drum sounds.

3. Set the Chn field to 1A, indicating that track 3 will play through MIDI

channel 1 and MIDI output port A. The Chn field is actually two

fields—move the cursor to the position indicated by the underline

below and select 1:

Chn:O

FF becomes—> Chn: 1A

4. If you play the MIDI keyboard now, the synthesizer that is set to

receive on MIDI channel 1 should play a bass sound. If not, check the

previous steps and your MIDI hookup.

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